Men Need Passions Too

A recent blog post by Nina Badzin got me thinking, as I often do, about hobbies and passions.

Both are essential to happiness, Nina says — adding that the time she's spent on her own serious hobby, writing, has "amounted to something priceless: pride and a deep personal joy."

As one who invests as much in writing, blogging and dancing as I do in my family and my job, I couldn't agree more.

But something puzzles me about this conversation: It seems to get much more air time among women than...